Fingerprint Font Friday
Typeface? Drawing? These typographic works of art, described by Christian Goldemann at typostrate.com, are by design as unique as their creators. Not to be confused with my post Fingerprinting Font Metrics Font Friday. Fingerprints Daniel Eatock had this great idea on his first day as a graphic design student. He wanted to create a real typography […]
Half-erased blackboards from quantum physics labs
From The Atlantic. The article is from 2012, so a London exhibition of full-size photos is no longer there. But still way cool. The Beautiful Blackboards at Quantum Physics Labs MEGAN GARBER An artist visits the world’s premier quantum mechanics labs. Beauty ensues. “Momentum,” displayed at the Wilmotte Gallery in London (Alejandro Guijarro) Blackboards, the legend […]
Stitching the Solar System: Science as Needlepoint, 1811
From The Vault, Slate.com’s history blog: In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, girls in the UK and the US used needle and thread to embroider images and text onto pieces of fabric that were called “samplers.” Samplers, which could be quite intricate, were meant to promote basic literacy and to teach patience and carefulness. […]
Unstable Matter: A Giant Moving Surface Containing Thousands of Steel Ball Bearings
From Colossal: Art & Visual Ingenuity: Unstable Matter is kinetic sculpture by Finnish artists Tommi Grönlund and Petteri Nisunen, a.k.a. Grönlund-Nisunen. The moving table contains thousands of small ball bearings that move and crash within the confines of a giant wobbly table, sort of a modern take on a rain stick. The table is part […]
Kolbrun – “REVIVIFY” fashion collection
Stunning clothing designs reblogged from Daniel Thorsteinsson. REVIVIFY is a fashion collection A/W 2012-2013 by icelandic fashion designer KOLBRUN. The concept of the collection was to recycle furniture into fashionable clothing. [Full article]